Day: March 29, 2024

Gorcevic: Montenegro will support Kosovo for membership in the Council of Europe

The Minister for European Affairs of Montenegro, Maida Gorcevic, declared today that they will support Kosovo for membership in the Council of Europe in May. While speaking about the vote against Montenegro in the Committee for Foreign Policy in the…

2023 tourism revenues up 11.4% to €14.6 bn, indicators give rise to optimism for 2024

ZAGREB, 29 March (Hina) – Croatia’s tourism revenue from foreign visitors increased by 11.4% to €14.6 billion in 2023, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports reported on Friday based on Croatian National Bank (HNB) data, adding optimism is present for the pre-season…

Small states can give solutions to international issues, President says

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides pointed out that Cyprus has demonstrated that even small states, when they have clear goals and a clear orientation, can offer solutions to regional and international challenges. He was speaking on Friday morning to students of the National…

Birthrate in Italy drops further in 2023 – ISTAT

The birthrate in Italy continued to fall in 2023, with 379,000 resident births or 6.4 per thousand people, according to provisional data published by ISTAT in its report on demographic indicators for the year 2023 on Friday. In absolute terms…

Fragogiannis concludes visit to Montenegro with series of meetings

Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openess Kostas Fragogiannis has concluded a two-day working visit to Montenegro’s capital Podgorica, the foreign ministry announced on Friday. During his visit on March 27-28, Fragogiannis met Montenegro’s Prime Minister Milojko Spajić, the Deputy…

Council of Europe presents the report on the access to health care in BiH for LGBTI persons

SARAJEVO, March 29 (FENA) – The Directorate for Equal Rights and Dignity of the Council of Europe handed to the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina the report “Access of LGBTI persons to health care in…

Turkish e-commerce platform Trendyol opens first pop-up store in Gulf region

Turkish e-commerce platform Trendyol on Friday said it opened its first pop-up, or temporary store, in the Gulf region in the Saudi capital Riyadh. According to a statement, the retail space is offering a range of more than 14 million…

Rita Petro, Albania’s nominee for European Union Prize for Literature

TIRANA, March 29/ATA/ “Today at Europe House, Rita Petro, Albania’s nominee for the European Union Prize for Literature, shared her novel, “Lindur së prapthi, (Born Backwards) taking us on a journey through her childhood memories in communist-era Albania”, is read…

Romania could invest EUR 6 billion to slash energy and transport poverty (ORSE)

Romania will be one of the largest beneficiaries of the Social Fund for Climate, which will create a significant opportunity to reduce the energy poverty rate at national level, according to a press release of the Romanian Energy Poverty Observatory…

BTA Hosts Exhibition “75 years of NATO and 20 years of Bulgaria in NATO”

An exhibition “75 years of NATO and 20 years of Bulgaria in NATO” was opened at the national press club of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) in Sofia and in 35 national press clubs in the country and abroad on…

Montenegro registers first case of measles

Podgorica, (MINA) – The first case of measles was registered in Montenegro on Thursday, the Public Health Institute (IJZ) stated, adding that the infected individual is an eight-year-old unvaccinated child. IJZ stated that they have undertaken all necessary activities to…

Laboratorium to host launch for ‘Pop Culture’ vinyl compilation

Skopje, 29 March 2024 (MIA) – Laboratorium Cultural Center will host a launch for “Pop Culture,” a vinyl compilation of music by young Macedonian artists including Audio Cigla, Mia Perevska, Dina Jashari, Andreja Salpe, Zee, Young Dadi, Matej Foltz and Slatkaristika….